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Combination of heavy/thrash metal style guitar, bass and often double bass pedal drum parts with rap-style singing and lyrics.

a good example of rap metal would be bring tha noize by public enemy ft. anthrax

a desperate attempt for "rap music" to stay good. that attempt has failed, it sucks like "rap music"

see (c)rap

A genre of music that calls itself metal but isn't. It supposedly "combines rap and rock," and does so simply by taking away all of the elements that make either genre the least bit interesting.

So-called rap metal should be restricted to children aged 12 and under

a type of heavy metal that has a rap like tendency but unlike rap music which is horrible and makes no sense at all

Bionic Jive is rap metal and rap sux balls

A misconception. It is supposed to be a combination of heavy metal and rap music, but these genres are fundamentally different. Rap focuses primarily on rhyming vocals with a simple and repetative beat in the background. Metal is the combination of fast and complicated instrument work with intense vocals. Hence the two genres cannot mix.

People say crap bands like Linkin Park, Papa Roach and Rage Against the Machine are rap metal. None of these bands have an ounce of metal in them, and probably fail at rapping too. They are prime examples of undertalented, overwhore MTV bullshit.

A genre of music that uses metal/thrash metal instrumentals and rapped vocals. For a perfect example of this listen to Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine.

Rage Against the Machine is a rap metal band, and the only mainstream one that is any good.

A genre of music in which, thus far, only Rage Against The Machine has managed to pull off

RATM rocks but other rap metal bands like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park can suck on a fat dick